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Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-02
TERRITORIAL TIDINGS.
Miles City had a $4,000 fire last Wedn

Miles City had a $4,000 fire last Wednes
day.
There ere 40 convicts in the Territorial
penitentiary at Deer Lodge.
The roads between Benton and Great
Falls are aid to be in a very bad condi
ton.
A petition has been gotten up in Living
ston against the bill to elevate saloon Ii.
censes.
Missoula broke out with an amateur
minstrel society last week, and it was well
received.
Rev. S. D. Hooker, Of Dillon, was mar.
ried at Hartford, Connecticut, January 20,
to Miss Mary R. Perkins.
The M~issoulian reiterates that story
about the snow flakes as large as milk
cans. and offers to make final proof.
A freighter named johnson was brought
into Sun River on Friday last who had
been caught out in q storm, and was badly
frozen. His legs have to be amputated.
Sheriff Black. of Fort Benton, is just
back from a trip in Northern Montana,
and says that so per cent. will not cover
the losses OF cattle on the northern ranges.
A man named Richter, who drives from
Benton to Conrad, has not been heard of
for four or five days, and it is supposed
that he was lost in a storm and has per-
ished.
Montana exchange mourns, "No more
we hear the merry sleighbells jingle" Its
merry, warbling birds that we want to
hear, and to see the hills get green, that the
stock may gambol.
Work on the Montana Central has been
suspended on account OF inclement weather.
Great Falls Tribune: The presence of
large numbers OF wolves are alarming cat
tlemen not a little. The deep snow has
made these animals particularly ravenous,
and as soon as it disappears they will come
in large numbers, and in a condition to at
tack most anything that will furnish them
food. The weak cattle will prove an easy
prey, and If we mistake not, the loss from
this one source alone will be considerable.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-02

The MINER spoke advisedly when it said
that kansas, with it's prohibitory liquor
law, has more saloons where liquor is sold,
according to population, than has Nebraska
with it's 81, 900 annual license" In ite
attempt to correct this assertion, our
evening contemporary says: 1.-The Inter
Mountain is informed by a gentleman who
WA the guest OF the Governor of Kansas
only q few weeks ago that at one time not
long since, as many as two thousand rum
sellers were under arrest at the same time"
The suffering Moses! Two thousand rum
sellers under arrest at the same time, and
not long since neither. That is more by a
thousand than Nebraska has, and proves
just what The MINER said. 1t is not
likely over 20 per cent. OF the rum sellers
were arrested at the same time, leaving the
other so per cent, or 5000 20 pursue their
business. The Inter Mountains statement
10 the best evidence Of the truth OF The
MNER's declaration.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-02

+. The past week hat witnessed an Improve
ment in the mining situation at Butte.
The Anaconda has started again, n in
Anaconda and Butte is giving employment
to 1000 men who had been for some time
unemployed The r~everberatory furnaces
at the Parrot have been started up again,
and are now producing as much as posi-
BILE. The Alice has begun again. though
not full blast. The entire plant will prob
ably be started again to-day or to-mor-
o ". The repairs on the Magma Charta
have been completed and that mine is
again producing. The past week has wit.
messed q great change for the better in
Butte, and it is believed that the change is
advanced for much more hindrance from
Copper was quoted yesterday in the Lon
don market at f42.1O for common, and
E43.1 10 for refined.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-02
B ~.Ha's
Short Nersy Notes, From the Janctfon
=rA-Traliin .1ndff66r nation

., GARRISON, February az. 1887.
The good, people Of this. quiet burg ase
are still living in hope for old winter TO
let up SO that the spring. boom an BET e
good start =.
Business has beer: g1most at u standstin,,
owing to the deep snow, which prevents the
country people, from coming to- townss's -.
Trains on the Northern Pacific yansr get
ting down to time five daya out Of seven,
Pretty good, $50. -. s.,..aia ar, ~.
The Montana Union eve fails to hit the
.scheck board" on time, and will continue
to do SO as long, as conductors West and
Bell run the, machine pa" r"''ase'!a F'''''
The reports from surrounding ranches
are bad. Feed is short. and tbs outlook
blue. Tho losses, 20 far, will not. 80 beyond!
Is per cent: on cattle, and the sheep losses
not above the average Horses are doing
as well as in former winters. mo- 4'' -
There has been a change:of7 postal clerks
on the Montana sUniOn.>o A~stransier' has
been made; Captain Charles c., Cochran,
OF the Utah & Northern, will hereafter run
on the Montana Union, vice d.. Whaley,
traneferred to tho Utah 4 Northern. The
change was made At the request OF the
clerks, and the. public will, doubt, be
served with former p~romptness. The poye
on the other connecting lines have dubbed
Captain Cochran 'Grandpa." owing to his
gray whiskers, although he is a very young
man. "-
I 6 A social hop. will be given at the 0'Neill
Hotel, Garrison, on Friday. evening, Febru-
Z rs, 1887, in honor OF Mr., John O'Neill,
the proprietor OF the hotel, who leaves in q
few days for an Eastern trip. This party
will be the grand event, OF !tha season, and
every man, woman and, child WITHIN fifty
miles of Garrison will be present or send
their regrets. Mr." 0'Neilf is a good nna
and deserves this departing ov~ationsfrom
his feflow-citizens. Butte should give, the
'old bag" q boost" The, best music in
the Territory has been engaged for the oc-
casion. Special trains on all roads.
7Chas. Perry. the gentleman manager Of
the O'NeAl Hotel will make the visit of
every one pleasant and enjoyable. He
knows his biz and keeps his own Jul
sells. SAM JONES,
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-02
ATTEMPTS TO BULLDOZE.

Efforts are being made to bulldoze Coun.
Gilman Kennedy into the support Of the in.
iquitous Registration bill. Colonel W. F.
Sanders. the man who didn't beat Joe
Toole by q large majority, and Colonel
Dennis McCutcheon. who lighted his path.
way to defeat. have been down to Kenne-
dy's home in Missoula, interviewing the
Republican Zone and muscle of the Garden
City concerning the case OF the "derelict
Republican" They recently returned to
Helena loaded down with resolutions, mall
edictions, threats, taffy, indignation and
beer which they propose to hurl at the.
head Of Kennedy unless he supports the
bill to disfranchise %one-fourth OF the PEG.
pie OF Montana. Kennedy will stand it.
He has q cam shaft for a backbone. and
having the courage OF his convictions he
viii stand pat" on his position though
the heavens fall.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-02
P~OSTOFFlcE TIME TABLE,
SUMMONS,

SUMMONS,
In the District Court of the Second Judicial Dis
e Ilct OF the Territory Of Montana. in and for
the County of Silver Bow.
Geo. W. Farlin and Joseph a Farlin,
| Plaintiffs.
-, VS..
Finn, VIM. Robinson. Sarah sarah F. f. Grant, Ha1un, J N; 5;
Grennon ct al.
Defendants,
The people Of the Territory of Mootan. ,ona
greeting to w. I: Balland, John Quinn, A. Mar.
un, n. =. Finn. VIM. Robinson, Sarah F. Grant
"" W. Iosep9 Grennon, ct al, defendants.
you are hereby required to appear IN an action
t GfFn y against you by the above named plain.
III n IN me District Court of the Second Judicial
the Iast County Il, 'o of i%ssi5 5ye1 Ko of Montana smS in and for
cEmRisln filed therein, within ten DAYS lex
cl ~ OF the day of s~ervtce) after the service on
county, sSa or s1' Il .el9ed oat IL Il t ssfved Nv, within this
10 district, within twenty days; otherwise with.
~ = .orty Gays; or Judgment by default will he
said oo ax11nir you' according to the prayer Of
Inc SAID action s brought to recover INDIGNANT
nes cen saio 9eiendants for the recovery Of The
ciaim si iHn 81 t nat certain quartz lode mining
MManing District, Silver Bsw COUNTY Mon dt
a aedT1 n : and every part thereof located. IntH1
t%i eu de sas hm% q. lode claim and more par.
as follows, to wit: Lot ISL A . r survey Rs, thereof n
whjch = west corner. number one m. from,
Somnde sne quarter 20 section corner on the sonth
. .ange :, Ave west : Of the principal meri ID nof bea Gt
runnine Tx tso1 o. nun: west. !, 7s4 feet distant and
tsene see sSat nor Il e. 2 deg; IS min, Wv west to- 500 i ieet,
thence southh % o. ~ deg: Is min.. west 1.O99 feet,
t G,hGe on Beginning peg n ing And containin g an mt. area re !o of
thousand n9; dollars damages for 'Tu lay fnm OF ri fIe
I've sh po 9 %o1 f5he.eG q. Second, for the sum
Issues and profit. Of said above desc Il ede n penrs'
And 1na1o ~ iof the costs ofthis action. ~
aRRfFad ana tRa answer snssT.e said complaint as i above ,e'i re- e
.esinst v ~ snS plainsif will take a default
herein. 'P1aAnt OF plaintiffs filed
'lyen under my hand and tho Goo, o
t n,St Govt % Of the Second District Of the 'ne Te pi
Yer sY1y Ro ., I iS1a t ana in and for the Coun 1hv Of af siI.
OF on Dow, t9ls 18th day of December in ffb "a y 10
eighty-six. eignt hundred and
lsEAL.] NJ
Robinson 4 stapleton. ""i'en' deputy Clerk.
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-02
The Stock Conference Committee.

On the Oath the Dakota Stock Confer
ence Committee returned to their homes
They did not. have time to visit Butte, a.
they intended. and several OF them were
heard to express regret on this account,
Before leaving the committee passed the
following resolution, in Acknowledgement
Of their kind reception in Montana: -.
Resolved, That we. the delegates from
the Legislature Dakota, appointed to con-
fer with the. committee from the Legislature
OF Montana. take this opportunity to rem
der Il warmest thanks TO the Stockgrow-
ers' Association. of Montana, and particu-
larry their courteous Secretary; to the Ion
tana Club: to the President. Secretary and
Veterinary Surgeon of the Board oil Stock
Commissioners for the unremitting atten-
ton paid us and our friends during our
visit in this city, and therefore beg to as
sure them that the assistance and kindness
they so cheerfully offered command our I'M
qualified gratitude; and our visit to Helena
will mark an epoch in the history of each
of our lives, which will always be remem-
bered with satisfaction and delight.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-02
SUICIDE OF A STOCKMAN.
A Prominent Stockman Of the RUBY
Valley Commits suicide.

Yesterday evening Mr.. Tilton received
a letter from Henry Filing, OF virginis
City, informing him that Captain Jane,
Williams. OF the Ruby valley, had commit
ted suicide by taking a large dose of Ian
danum. The letter asked that the inform.
alton be conveyed to Captain J. E. Gala,
way, who, che writer supposed, was in
Butte. Captain Galloway was a partner Of
Captain Williams in the Ruby valley,
Nothing further is known as to the mo.
tives which led to the rash act, but it is in.
ierred that the gloomy outlook for stock.
in which he was largely interested, had had
a depressing effect on his spirits.
Captain James Williams was an old set
tier OF Montana, and his name is familiar
to many in Butte, where his death was en-
tlrely unexpected. He came to Montana
in 1862, and early became a prominent
figure in the Territory. In the vigilantes
movement, which was SO beneficial to the
of lsw-abiding citizens, he was
one OF the foremost figures. The History
Montana mentions his name az among
the prominent stoch-growers and ranchers.
OF Madison county in very early times.
and he was a County Commissioner OF
chat county in 1912. There are many in
Butte who will be anxious to hear further
Of the causes which lead to his
leath.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-02

named Frank Ward, offered to ride the
the beast. Jones refused him, saying that
fifteen Of the best riders IN .I@ritory
had BEEN throNn lhy the h6rse. Young
Werd said 10 wat WILLING to 1eAe the
aizteenth, and, aeebrdnGly mountsd Pin;.
|Whsn he approached th5 heese b reAre9
up his hind legs and sameAat hilh
Laesarding 70 Marquis OF Qnsnsh-yrulNs.
The boy, however, managed to mount.
The horse bucked for one hour without
stopping, and then, utterly exhausted, fell
to the ground. The owner thought him
dead, but he fnallykreviye5, sapdis nov,e
1ahteEri Ahd wiser BEAST MI. Jones says
that he considers Frank Ward the greatest
broncho rider in Montana..s-ez
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-02
BROUGHT BACK.
A. r. Mallous is Caught and Arraigned
for Grand Larceny.

H''--
A. R. Mallous was in town atew days ago,
and bought a bill Of goods of Mcmillan &
Cuet amounting to about 5000. To dc
this he had to deceive them. in regard to
his credit. He obtained the goods, how.
ever, and started out to his saw mill ON
the Big Hole River. Mcmillan & Cluett.
on investigation, discovered that they had
been swindled, and a warrant was. issued
for the arrest Of Mallous by, Justice, Dinge.
Won, on an accusation of grand larceny.
Under Sheriff Reynolds went out to Divide
W. dnesday after Mallous, and yesterday
raturned with his man. In the afternoon
he was arraigned before Justice Dingevon,
and it was discovered hat he could not
be held for grand larceny, and he was &C.
cordingly brought up on an accusation of
obtaining goods under false pretenses.
Justice D%ingevon fixed his bail at $1,000.
and being unable to furnish it." Mallous
was remanded TO jail to await his exami.
nation, which will take place in the same
court this afternoon at 2 o'clock. He is
also indictable for Misrepresentation of
his credit and for having given a bill of
sale for the same &c. 900 feet of lumber to
two different parties in Butte. FIT,
Mcbride appeared for the prosecution.
The defendant has not yet secured n
counsel and entered no plea whatever,
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-02
The W, C. II. q.

Yesterday several of the most prominent
ladies who compose the Women's Christian
Temperance Union, fled a declaration OF
their intention to take out a license az sole
traders. They do this so that they may
incorporate for the purpose OF erecting q
building to be used as u public library, and
they will solicit funds in Butte for the &C.
complishment OF this purpose: The object
Of this Union is praisewofthy, and the
ladies are going at it in a business-like way
that speaks well for the ultimate success OF
the undertaking.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-02

1t appears by the latest balloting in the
New Jersey Legislature that the aggregate
OF Democratic strength is at least three
votes greater than what can be mustered
for the Republican nominee for Senator.
Now let there be union of all Democratic
elements on the strongest man, and an end
put to the contest by q vote that will wipe
out all chance for interruptions partisan
dispute in the United States Senate over
the method Of carrying out the will OF the
people OF New Jersey.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-02

Some Of the witnesses before the Senate
Texas Election Outrage Committee were
such tough-looking citizens that it could
hardly be believed that they had been in.
Inundated by anybody. They carried re.
volvers under their coat-tails and whitfield
their plug tobacco with bowie knives. 1t
is the general opinion Of non-partisans
that the fight in which they got the worst
OF it must have been a very animated one.
Chicago Herald.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-02

Owing to the death OF City Attorney
Randolph the Council will be compelled to
employ a City Attorney or order an cleo.
ton to fill the vacancy. As the regular
annual city election will take place the fret
Monday in May it il considered best to
employ an Attorney to attend to the
city's business until one shall be elected.
The city has several important cases before
the District Court. which convenes to-day,
that demands immediate attention. The
Council will meet. this forenoon and take
the necessary steps to secure a compe-
tent person to look after the interests of
the city at the approaching trials.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-02
A SINGULAR ALLIANCE.

It is said the .Prohibitionists OF Ney
York have formed an alliance with. tn
cheaper class of saloonkeepers to defeat !,
high license measure before the Legislature
Some OF the leaders of the Temperance
party admit that should the high licens'
bill now before the Legislature of thai
State become a Law it would reduce tn
evils Of intemperance., But they also hole
that this reduction would hurt the cause
OF prohibition, and they give this as an *
PLANTATION OF the singular. alliance they
have made. In palmer words, they declare
for prohibition or free whisky That il
the meaning of this. very unwise alliance
The'same condition OF things exists in
Ohio. There the temperance, men are
fighting the Dow law, teeth and. toe-nail,
notwithstanding it's constitutiouality has
been sustained by the Supreme Court oi
that State. The law regulates the sale 81
n%toxicants and calls for high licenses, and
high license is not what the average Pro.
hibitionist wants. He wants total prohi-
bition or nothing. The soundness of their
position may well be challenged, for it is
well known hat prohibition has had very
poor success where it has been tried and
in the, opinion Of q large majority Of the
best people of the United States, morally
and Intellectually, it il hopeless!y imprac-
ticable as a solution OF the evils in ques-
ton. 1t is even doubted whether the law
where it exists has not been productive of
more harm than good. $50 ....t...-~
Kansas. with a prohibitory liquor law,
has more saloons where liquor is sold, ac-
cording to population, than has Nebraska,
with it's $1,000 annual license. And there
is NOR liquor drank in Maine, withits
Dow law, than in South Carolina, with no
law restraining it's sale. But Prohibition
lists do not seem to profit by a knowledg.
OF these facts. There is evidence before
them to show that the only way to restrict
the sale Of intoxicanes is by high license.
Yet it appears that they must have what
most people believe to be impractical BILE. or
will take nothing. Thus in the State
Of New York the leaders of temperance
have placed their followers in q position of
active hostility to q measure which they
admit would greatly alleviate the evils OF
lntemperance.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-02

The Butte post Office matter is now set
tied, the Senate having confirmed Mr.. Pat
rick Talent 40 the successor OF Mr.. w.
Egbert Smith, whose term Of Office has
about expired Mr.. Smith has made a
very acceptable officer and retires with the
full confidence and respect OF tho people OF
Butte and vicinity, whom he has 80 long
and faithfully served.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-02

Little Belgium is really becoming anus.
ingly bumptious. La Revue publishes an
''insipid" article, which says that in case
OF war Belgium will be threatened both by
Germany and France, and declares that
not only Notifications must be pushed, but
q compulsory military service law must be
enacted. But what would it amount to il
every man, and child in Little Bel.
GUM were to take up all the arms they
could carry in the rush of the hordes OF
French and German soldiers?
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-02

The editors and politicians who are call
ing on the whole earth to see them weep
over the SORROWS OF the poor old soldier
are not old soldiers themselves. The man
who bore q musket or welded a sword to
any great extent is not the one who is beg
ging and slobbering now. The hundred.
day men, the deserters, the bounty
jumpers, the slop writer's. and the claim
agents are OVERRIDING the thing. .u.,...
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-02

The words "boodle." 'boodler," and
''boodling." as now applied to corrupt Off.
Gals, came from Cincinnati, where they
even yet have q party rather than .crimi.
nal significance. Chicago has corruption
lists in and out of office, men Who traffic in
franchises. absorb illegal perquisites. and,
by conspiracy, rob the people. Why not
use the good old Anglo-Saxon words OF
= thief and "thieving" when these creatures
and their deeds are referred to, and leave
the boodler gibberish to the party cranks
who first made use of it?-Ex.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-02

The vote in the House CT Representatives
last Saturday shows hat that body will
not vote q large appropriation for the build
ing of war vessels. The Democratic mem
bers Of that body prefer to protect the
people by lessening their taxes rather than
by building q large number of steel cruisers.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-02

Nrw. .,,-r-sCue1 say no Upe IOr MRS.
Druse," in consequences OF the vote in the
Assembly on Friday. But that vote should
not. and does not, end all hope for Mrs.
Druse, Her case is in the hands OF the
Governor, not in those of the Legislature,
and We will not believet that the unfortunate
woman has no hope in the fairness and
manly sympathy or justice OF Governor
Hill.-New York Star.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-02
SELLING POISON.

The ease with which q man, OF
child may go to a drug store and purchase
enough poison to destroy lie, and the NUM-
Der Of suicides by means of poisonous
drugs suggest to the Legislative Assembly
the advisibility of enacting a law providing
that no poisonous drug shall be sold in a
sufficient quantity to produce death to
any one person at any one time, unless
Tie purchaser Doa1s Inc certificate OF q
recognized physician that it is required for
sanitary purposes. -
A bill has been introduced in. one branch
OF the Legislative Assembly. making it
obligatory upon druggists to enter the
date OF the sale OF such drugs and the name
OF the person purchasing them, in a book
provided for the purpose which shall be
open Tor public inspection. But this does
not go far enough. The name of the ply
stefan authorizing it's purchase should also
b. entered. California has such a law. So
have many Eastern States. In the former
State the law, according to the San Fran
cisco Chronicle, prohibits any person from
retailing any poison, unless, on due inquiry,
it is ascertained that the person receiving
the same is aware OF its poisonous charac-
ter, and that it is to be used for a legiti-
mate purpose.
Another section OF the same law pro-
vides that every person selling such sub
stances make an entry in a book kept for
that purpose, OF the date of sale, the name
and quantity of the substance sold, the
name and address of the purchaser, the
purpo se for which it is stated by the pur-
chaser to be required. and the name OF. the
dispenser. Among the substances named
in the act are: Arsenic, opium, choral n.y.
drate. strychnia, laudanum, chloroforn,
sulphuric, muriatic, nitric and carbolic
acids and phosphorus.
In the absence OF any restrictive law
upon the subject any unfortunate wretch,
or woman who wants to put an end
to his or her existence by poison can do
SO without let or hindrance. It is known
scarcely a week passes without an &C.
OF some one who has suicided or
attempted suicide in the Territory by laud- |
anum. morphine or some such poisonous
drug. We do not pretend tn say that if |
those persons are determined to destroy |
they will not find other means
to accomplish this end, but we do hold
that morphine in SO ne form is the ~tavorite |
poison OF the majority of suicides, and
hat a law c%onining it's sale to those whose
demands it, will materially lessen
5Le number OF deaths by poison.